Just Looking For Some Friendly Commiseration.

My sister was married on the fifth. She requested a 5 tier cake14/12/10/8/6), with coconut IMBC and covered in coconut flake. She presented me with a photo of a Martha Stewart cake and directions on how she wanted the frosting made.

I don't bake commercially anymore, so for the better part of a week I baked those layers in my home kitchen, 1-layer-at-a-time (I'm a terrible tort-er so I bake tiny layers). I cleaned out my entire fridge, banned the family from the kitchen, bought special ingredients....anyway, you all know what I did.

The cake was beautiful and delicious. It was received with raves.

She just called to ask me what happened. "Why didn't the frosting have coconut in it? I couldn't taste or see it." She then suggested I come over and taste the leftovers to prove her point.

Damn it, I put so much coconut between those layers I was afraid they wouldn't stick together! 5 LBS of coconut. 12 LBs of butter. 5 dozen eggs. hours and hours of my time!

I feel used and abused. I figure that my baking sisters would know where I'm coming from.

Hey, she was so high on excitement on her wedding day that she missed the coconut. Please don't take any offense. If she says anything more, tell her to email Martha Stewart and ask her where the coconut went...

Hey, she was so high on excitement on her wedding day that she missed the coconut. Please don't take any offense. If she says anything more, tell her to email Martha Stewart and ask her where the coconut went...

If this is the cake in your pictures, I can see the coconut!! Loads of coconut! It looks lovely and she should be so happy she had a baker sister like YOU to make her such a confection! I say, "Good job!" If she missed the coconut, did she get any cake?

If this is the cake in your pictures, I can see the coconut!! Loads of coconut! It looks lovely and she should be so happy she had a baker sister like YOU to make her such a confection! I say, "Good job!" If she missed the coconut, did she get any cake?

did she get any? she has an entire 4x14 tier at her house. btw, i also told her it was too much cake, but she didn't believe me.

If you have followed any of the posts on this site you must have noticed that *family* members often are the most disagreeable 'customers' As others said, if the cake in your pix is hers she must be blind not to see 'any coconut'!

Ha, ha! I love Jason's response!How about: the coconut filling overwhelmed the subtle coconut flavor in the frosting. Fortunately, most people eat filling frosting, and cake all in one bite so everyone tasted coconut.